She saunters back and forth, acting as she imagines society girls would be.She hides her crumpled bouquet in a large planter vase, and daintily powders her nose.Expectantly, she claims that one of the vacant chairs is being held for her non-existent partner.Walter has retreated to a back room where he is throwing dice with the black cloakroom attendants.Then to her utter amazement and shock, as she sits next to old-lady chaperones in an adjoining room, Mildred introduces her to Arthur Russell: "He wants to ask you for this dance.I""m gonna tell Sidney Kidd very plainly and simply I""m a writer.I""m not a society snoop.I""m gonna tell him just that...Let Kidd fire me! Start writin"" short stories again - that""s what I should be doin"" anyway.I""m gonna tell him just that.Connor, who considers himself a serious writer of short stories, is angered when Kidd assigns both of them to what he considers a degrading scandal sheet assignment.Don""t cry, Marcia.You won""t be lonely.I""ll be close always.The story then returns to the present.The story of he tragic romance encourages the young lover to contemplate her own love life and career - she decides to accept love over career and reconciles with Kip.He also described how only members of Jason""s direct bloodline could kill him, and hat he would be reborn into a new host if killed by someone outside he family:"Those FBI idiots destroyed Jason""s body, so now he needs a new one.[Later, the Guinness Book of World Records stated that she was infamously recognized for being "The Female FBI Agent Who Has Shot and Killed the Most People".